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Abomination vs Admonition - What's the difference?

abomination | admonition |

As nouns the difference between abomination and admonition

is that abomination is an abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit while admonition is gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.

abomination

English

Alternative forms

* abhomination (obsolete) * abominacioun (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
  • The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing.
  • (obsolete) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution.
  • That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones.
  • * Antony, most large in his abominations . Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, III-vi

    • Synonyms

    * detestation * loathing * abhorrence * disgust * aversion * loathsomeness * odiousness

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    admonition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.
  • * {{quote-book, title=, author=Plato, translator=Benjamin Jowett, year=1892
    • , passage=But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * admonish

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